Defense mechanisms in reactive and process schizophrenics

Divided schizophrenics into reactive and process groups (20 males and 20 females in each group) on the basis of three criteria: Premorbid adjustment, role orientation, and paranoid‐nonparanoid status. All were administered the Defense Mechanism Inventory, which measures five clusters of defenses. Re...

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Published in:Journal of clinical psychology 1982-07, Vol.38 (3), p.486-489
Main Authors: Schueler, Doris E., Herron, William G., Poland, Harold V., Schultz, Candace L.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Defense Mechanisms
Female
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Prognosis
Psychiatric Status Rating Scales
Psychometrics
Schizophrenia - diagnosis
Schizophrenic Psychology
Social Adjustment
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Summary:Divided schizophrenics into reactive and process groups (20 males and 20 females in each group) on the basis of three criteria: Premorbid adjustment, role orientation, and paranoid‐nonparanoid status. All were administered the Defense Mechanism Inventory, which measures five clusters of defenses. Reactives had significantly higher scores than process patients on Turning against Self and Projection. Process patients had significantly higher scores on Reversal. No significant differences between groups were found on Turning against Object and Principalization, nor were there significant sex differences. The results support the probability of different defensive preferences for the reactive and process syndromes.
ISSN:0021-9762
1097-4679
DOI:10.1002/1097-4679(198207)38:3<486::AID-JCLP2270380304>3.0.CO;2-6